and man am I glad i managed to find the old issues before this is going to drop. it was already hard-as-hell to track them down, it’ll be nuts once this happens.
Its so weird tho. I suddenly thought about Scud earlier this week after 10 years, and I get wonderful news like this! I can’t wait to hear more. Somebody needs to post this on Wikipedia.
I’m about to start it in the next week. I’m freaking out.
In the meantime, if anyone has any questions about the Scud 1-20 (like “I never understood what this meant or what inspired that?”) Feel free to ask here. I’m going to keep 21 pretty secret so expect alot of “No comment” about that. I’m more interested in what still resonates in your heads after all these years.
I’m hoping to have it out by Comic Con this summer in a big, kick ass book of all the other issues. (Should make the one’s you have even more valuable -so hang on to them).
Thanks, guys. This is all for you.
One quote that always stuck out was ’ I am Jesus Christ with a laser gun and now your all gonna die”. Which was then followed by ” ROCK THE CASBAH” you have made this fanboys head explode with this news…thank you.
I’ve got a few questions I guess, they are really kind of nit-picking with the Sepharim’s logic. I know that the book has a lot of Christian mythology behind it, with the Rapture and Angels, and the Apocolypse. But question, if god can make the universe, why did they want material things that humans created?
The Sepharim made it sound like that after the world ended and everybody died on Earth, that they would waltz in and take everything for themselves. Why didn’t they just make any of that stuff they wanted so bad themselves?
And if they wanted the stuff so bad, why did they keep trying to destroy it all? I mean with the black hole, and some of the ideas you had for ending the world, everything would be destroyed. There would be nothing left for them to waltz in and claim.
It seems like they have some kind of beef with humanity itself, for continuing to survive. And its kind of gone to a “Well if we can’t have it, no one can”-mentality.
Why is that? Is it just because they have grown more and more pissed with humans because they keep surviving?
I mean if everything is worthless to them because everything is mutated, shouldn’t they just leave humanity alone? I mean its really not Humanitys fault that everythings mutated, it was the rapture and everything, everything is fucked up because GOD were tampering with reality.
So were they lying to Scud about their true motives? Or do they just want destruction because they are bored with existence? Or are they just mad at humans?
To me, Scud got all the answers I needed in issue 20 as well as the Unzipped one shot. Issue 20 cleared up not just the Horse stuff, but also let us know a bit about why the world seems so surreal. Outside of that, I personally kind of prefer having some things unexplained.
One thing I’ve always wondered is if when 21 were to come out, would it wrap up La Cosa Nostroid as well? I’ve always been equally in love with both Scud and LCN.
How Canonical are The Tales from the Vending Machines? Do they happen in the same Universe (or Parallel Universes)? Or just at different parts of the Time Line?
Because in Doug’s story, the “Devil” is still alive. And Jesus is still around as well, but he’s no-where to be seen while his Father is getting zapped up by the Sepharim. But when Scud 20 is occuring the Devil has been consumed by System.
Also, you always said that Scud was fueled by heartbreak, and there is so much symbolism of loss in the series. The Girl that can only love things that can’t really love her back, or whose love she can turn off with a switch.
The Machine that falls in love, and can’t be turned off. And he loses the one thing that means something to him.
Because if Scud is supposed to be a manifestation of you, and the storyline a kind of elaborated stylized version of things that occured, then it seems like you’re trying to say something about the girl you loved, about who you were, and about the pain of the loss after it was over.
Thats what I guessed at least, You were Scud, Sussudio was the girl you loved, and it was all symbolic of the heartbreak and loss from losing her. And the feeling of losing purpose after losing her.
How much is inspired by things that really happened to you in your life?
When I think of SCUD I always think of Peter Alberts. What is his role going to be on this one? Is he going to write it and let Dan take all of the glory, credit and money again?
The thing that makes SCUD work for me is that it feels like your signature from the late 90s. I don’t see how you can write like a late 90s Rob Schrab so I’d like to see you bring your new experience and story confidence to this last book. Make it your signature and we fans will just have to come along for the ride. Assume that it’s going to be a let down after 10 years of expectation so do your thing so that you’re satisfied and you can put him to bed properly.
So when you say “big, kick-ass book of all the other issues”, does that mean I’ll eventually be able to replace my issues 1-4 that I lost? Because man, I’ve been looking, and pickin’s is slim.
Excellent! Very much looking forward to this one. I don’t know if I have any fan-boy questions for you, but I re-read the trades every year so the story is still pretty fresh in my mind. Your art (along with others like Doug) inspires my own, so I still look at it pretty regularly when I’m working on a project.
So it IS going to be in comic form, and not film/animation, then? I am personally glad to hear that, though I would still love to see a kick-ass animated Scud sometime in the future. Man, that’d be sweet…can’t wait for the book, though!
This is the best Christmas EVER!....even though its already over.
Cheer
WHAT?
Please let this be true…
Hell yeah….
and man am I glad i managed to find the old issues before this is going to drop. it was already hard-as-hell to track them down, it’ll be nuts once this happens.
Thanks.
Sa-weet! I used to run one of the fansites waaaaay back in the day.
Holy Shisse!
This is great news indeed! (Wringing hands) At last, my collection will be complete
Mooo-HAh-Hah-HAH!
Best News Ever.
Its so weird tho. I suddenly thought about Scud earlier this week after 10 years, and I get wonderful news like this! I can’t wait to hear more. Somebody needs to post this on Wikipedia.
Malcolm
I’m about to start it in the next week. I’m freaking out.
In the meantime, if anyone has any questions about the Scud 1-20 (like “I never understood what this meant or what inspired that?”) Feel free to ask here. I’m going to keep 21 pretty secret so expect alot of “No comment” about that. I’m more interested in what still resonates in your heads after all these years.
I’m hoping to have it out by Comic Con this summer in a big, kick ass book of all the other issues. (Should make the one’s you have even more valuable -so hang on to them).
Thanks, guys. This is all for you.
One quote that always stuck out was ’ I am Jesus Christ with a laser gun and now your all gonna die”. Which was then followed by ” ROCK THE CASBAH” you have made this fanboys head explode with this news…thank you.
Oh geez. This is awesome on toast.
I’ve got a few questions I guess, they are really kind of nit-picking with the Sepharim’s logic. I know that the book has a lot of Christian mythology behind it, with the Rapture and Angels, and the Apocolypse. But question, if god can make the universe, why did they want material things that humans created?
The Sepharim made it sound like that after the world ended and everybody died on Earth, that they would waltz in and take everything for themselves. Why didn’t they just make any of that stuff they wanted so bad themselves?
And if they wanted the stuff so bad, why did they keep trying to destroy it all? I mean with the black hole, and some of the ideas you had for ending the world, everything would be destroyed. There would be nothing left for them to waltz in and claim.
It seems like they have some kind of beef with humanity itself, for continuing to survive. And its kind of gone to a “Well if we can’t have it, no one can”-mentality.
Why is that? Is it just because they have grown more and more pissed with humans because they keep surviving?
I mean if everything is worthless to them because everything is mutated, shouldn’t they just leave humanity alone? I mean its really not Humanitys fault that everythings mutated, it was the rapture and everything, everything is fucked up because GOD were tampering with reality.
So were they lying to Scud about their true motives? Or do they just want destruction because they are bored with existence? Or are they just mad at humans?
Wow, this is great news!
To me, Scud got all the answers I needed in issue 20 as well as the Unzipped one shot. Issue 20 cleared up not just the Horse stuff, but also let us know a bit about why the world seems so surreal. Outside of that, I personally kind of prefer having some things unexplained.
One thing I’ve always wondered is if when 21 were to come out, would it wrap up La Cosa Nostroid as well? I’ve always been equally in love with both Scud and LCN.
Also a couple of other questions.
How Canonical are The Tales from the Vending Machines? Do they happen in the same Universe (or Parallel Universes)? Or just at different parts of the Time Line?
Because in Doug’s story, the “Devil” is still alive. And Jesus is still around as well, but he’s no-where to be seen while his Father is getting zapped up by the Sepharim. But when Scud 20 is occuring the Devil has been consumed by System.
Also, you always said that Scud was fueled by heartbreak, and there is so much symbolism of loss in the series. The Girl that can only love things that can’t really love her back, or whose love she can turn off with a switch.
The Machine that falls in love, and can’t be turned off. And he loses the one thing that means something to him.
Because if Scud is supposed to be a manifestation of you, and the storyline a kind of elaborated stylized version of things that occured, then it seems like you’re trying to say something about the girl you loved, about who you were, and about the pain of the loss after it was over.
Thats what I guessed at least, You were Scud, Sussudio was the girl you loved, and it was all symbolic of the heartbreak and loss from losing her. And the feeling of losing purpose after losing her.
How much is inspired by things that really happened to you in your life?
When I think of SCUD I always think of Peter Alberts. What is his role going to be on this one? Is he going to write it and let Dan take all of the glory, credit and money again?
The thing that makes SCUD work for me is that it feels like your signature from the late 90s. I don’t see how you can write like a late 90s Rob Schrab so I’d like to see you bring your new experience and story confidence to this last book. Make it your signature and we fans will just have to come along for the ride. Assume that it’s going to be a let down after 10 years of expectation so do your thing so that you’re satisfied and you can put him to bed properly.
Ew. I opened a kettle of worms. I’m going to eat a sandwich and talk at you later.
Holy Fuck!
I think I just hit my head on the ceiling.
I’m stoked to see what happens next.
So when you say “big, kick-ass book of all the other issues”, does that mean I’ll eventually be able to replace my issues 1-4 that I lost? Because man, I’ve been looking, and pickin’s is slim.
Excellent! Very much looking forward to this one. I don’t know if I have any fan-boy questions for you, but I re-read the trades every year so the story is still pretty fresh in my mind. Your art (along with others like Doug) inspires my own, so I still look at it pretty regularly when I’m working on a project.
So it IS going to be in comic form, and not film/animation, then? I am personally glad to hear that, though I would still love to see a kick-ass animated Scud sometime in the future. Man, that’d be sweet…can’t wait for the book, though!
Thanks, Rob, and good luck.
This is great news!